MSC customers will be able to receive the bill of lading electronically, without any change or disruption to their day-to-day business operations. MSC customers will be able to receive the… read more →

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FCI reports a drop in global factoring statistics in 2020, linked to a drop in trade volumes due to the pandemic.

Misr Technology Services (MTS), which operates Egypt’s National Single Window for Foreign Trade platform (Nafeza), has authorized CargoX to act as the blockchain document transfer gateway for the Advance Cargo Information (ACI) System.

HSBC India and HSBC UAE have successfully executed a blockchain-enabled, live trade finance transaction between Tata Steel Ltd. (India) and Universal Tube & Plastic Industries Ltd. (UAE). This is a… read more →

In the last 25 years, trade and its financing have increasingly come to rely on the internet and new tools such as connectors, digital payments, and cybersecurity.

By understanding how paper documents work, we explore whether trace:original by Enigio, is an alternative way of approaching digital trade.

Factoring, as an important method to extend credit, is a type of financial transaction where the creditor assigns its receivables to an assignee at a discount. In recent years, there has been a large growth of factoring transactions around the world.

The pandemic has undoubtedly had countless negative implications for the global community. However, amidst all the turmoil there have been some silver linings.

MSMEs around the globe struggle to obtain financing. Why do these MSME financing constraints exist and is a digital future providing new hope for all those firms that are struggling to stay afloat?

WTO, TFG and ICC have today launched their latest publication ‘Accelerating trade digitalization to support MSME financing’